Postcode · Hatfield
Crime in AL9 7SS
How much crime is recorded in AL9 7SS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Brookmans Park
- Council
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,863 (2024)
AL9 7SSHatfield
How safe is AL9 7SS
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 20.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the AL9 7SS area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
20.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
37
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
AL9 7SSNational
Burglary18.19.1
Violence and sexual offences14.323.6
Anti-social behaviour6.610.7
Shoplifting2.18.4
Drugs1.82.4
Criminal damage and arson1.54.7
Other crime1.51.5
Public order1.44.6
Vehicle crime1.23.5
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Other theft0.84.5
Robbery0.61.4
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Theft from the person0.22.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 128% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.